Shuttle.



. H. SCHWAB.

sHumE. MPLlCATlON FILED FEB. 8,1916.

1,186,445. Patentedhme 6,1916.

Haag/15' a kza HENRY SCHWAB, 0F ARLINGTON, COLORADO.

SHUTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 6, 1916.

Application filed February 8, 1916. Serial No. 77,003. .Y

To all whom z't may concern: y

Be it known that I, HENRY SCHWAB, a

Vcitizen of the United States, residing at Ar.

lington, in the county of Kiowa and State of Colorado, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shuttles, of which the fol-4 lowing is a specification.

This invention relates Vto shuttles and more particularl7 to means'for'easily'threading the-same an it consists lin the novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

AnV object of the invention is to provide a deviceadapted to be applied to thev side of a shuttle and which may be used for directingthe thread into the recess at the side of a shuttle when the same is threaded and the said means also serves as a retainer for properly holding the thread in the recess while the shuttle is in use.

lVith this object in view the device consists'in providing a member hingedlymount- I ed at the side portion of the shuttle and which isl retained by a spring in position over the recess. The end portions of the said member are embedded in a groove'provided at the'side of the shuttle whereby the end portions of the said retaining member are 'prevented from catching in material as the shuttle is used for weaving purposes.'

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a perspective view of the shuttle. Figs. 2', 3, and 4 are detail views of the features thereof. p

The shuttle 1 is of the general configuration` as commonly employed for weaving' cloth or Aother similar material, and it is (provided with a longitudinally disposed opening 2. A stud 3 is positioned at one end of the opening 2 and a bobbin 4. may be mounted upon the said stud in the usual manner. A hook 5 is mounted at the opposite end o f the opening 2 from that end at which the stud 3 is located and the thread from the bobbin is adapted to pass through the said hook. The'shuttle 1 is provided at its side with a recess 6 and isgfurther prof vided at the same side edge at which the said recess lis located with a groove 7, the said 4groove being disposed longitudinally of the shuttle and extending down along one side edge thereof. A member 8 is pivotally mounted in the groove 7 and is provided with pointed ends which are normally housed in the end portions of the said groove. The member 8'is provided at its outer portion mi at its lower edge with a notch 9 which is adapted to register with the lower outer portion of the recess 6 provided in the side of the shuttle. The member 8'gradually increases in transverse or vertlcal thicknessl from its pointed ends toward its intermediate point and a spring 10 is located in the groove 7 and bears at one end against one end portion of the said member 8 and at its other end against the bottom of the groove and is under tension with a tendency to normally hold the opposite endv portions of the member v8 housed 1n the end portions of the groove 7 wherebyv ther end ortions of the said member may not inter ere or catch in the material when the shuttle is usdfor weavlng purposes. Y

\ In order to thread the shuttle an operator `places his finger upon that end portion of the member 8 against which the spring 10 bears and depresses the said end of the member 8 against the tension of the spring whereby the opposite end of the member 8 is moved up out of the groove 7. The thread then may be caught under the elevated end of the member 8 and carried down and seated in the lower portion of the recess 6 andfin the notch 9. When so positioned the thread is vready to pass out of the shuttle during the weaving operation. i

From the above description taken in conjunction with Vthe accompanying drawing it will be seen that a sim le and durable means for assisting in threa ing a shuttle is provided and that the said-means may be easily and quickly used for properly-locating the thread in the shuttle preparatory to using the shuttle for weaving cloth or other fabric.

Having described the invention what is claimed 1s:-

1. A shuttle provide at its-side with a recess and having a groove extending beyond .the opposite sides of the recess and along the outer portion of the body of thev shuttle, a spring pressed member .pivotally mounted inthe groove and having pointed ends and provided at a point between its ends with a at its edge h@ said thickened por" a noach adaped w :magister Wiah h@ 11mm'. end pmi-man sind. recess.

HENRY SCHWAB.

ffimasses JAMES ZHIMEMJAN, ai CLOUNGER. 

